[12] RFR 8206895: aarch64: rework error-prone cmp instuction

[Andrew Haley]

On 07/09/2018 03:31 PM, Boris Ulasevich wrote:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bulasevich/8206895/webrev.00
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8206895
> 
> Byte form of cmp instruction was added. For bigger constants we are 
> supposed to state _imm12 postfix implicitly or use cmp(reg,reg,imm) macro.

I don't think that making cmp an alias for subs helps anyone:

+  inline void cmp(Register Rd, Register Rn, unsigned imm32)  { subs(Rd, Rn, imm32); }

I think the best suggestion was to make the 8-bit cmp the only form
allowed, mark the larger cmp as deprecated, and force the user to use
subs.  That would be easier to read than cmp_imm12().

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Andrew Haley
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